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...diplomatic technician, who never exceeds his authority but never hides behind its limitations if he sees a way of being useful, had done a good job in a frustrating position. He does so by hewing to a set of maxims. Among them: 1) "Between sovereign states, no solution is valid if the other fellow feels he has been wronged." 2) "Never abuse a temporary weakness in your opponent; perhaps you could get more, but it won't last...
...influence of his office in orderly progress of the plans which are already the subject of the order of the court." Governor Faubus' statement had the sound of retreat: "The people of Little Rock are law-abiding, and I know that they expect to obey valid court orders. In this they shall have my support...
Such criticism of Kissinger specifics are valid, but so is Kissinger's broader point that all these assets are likely to be wasted unless the U.S. is militarily, and above all psychologically, ready to use them-if deterrence fails. It takes a firm hand and steady nerves to face a small-war challenge, to resist the outcries against atomic weapons, and to confront the enemy with the choice of backing down or risking all-out war. Raising the prospect of such a challenge in advance is Kissinger's important service. At a time when public apathy, disarmament talk...
...appalled to learn of the outrageous use of psychometric tests made by a Maryland social service agency. Granted that the test is valid (which is quite a concession for the age of 2½), this cult of intelligence worshipers seems so bedazzled by a high IQ that it overlooks the fact that rearing a brilliant child without siblings (even though less bright) will not prepare the child for life in a world full of intelligent people. The agency perhaps does not realize that overprotection can be as injurious as rejection...
Rowse found the charges of news bias to be valid--in selection, in display and in tone--on both political sides, but preponderantly in the pro-Republican direction. He concluded that, "with the possible exception of the New York Times, all papers--both Republican and Democratic--showed evidence of favoritism in their news columns in violation of their own accepted rules of conduct," and that "almost every example of favoritism in the news columns coincided with the paper's editorial feelings." This "would indicate that over 80 percent of the nation's newspaper readers may be getting their editorials with...